August 2009

My laptop, my MBA! Commercial Mobile Innovation for SME’s

August 31, 2009

This is the last post in the series on Mobile Innovations based on a learning journey that I was a part of. Here’s the full series:

Mobile Innovations – Introduction
Nokia Life Tools – Agriculture Service – “The Internet for the next million” – mobile innovations in rural India
Nokia Life Tools – Education Service – “Raju [...]

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The old, the not-so-old, and many facets of the new

August 31, 2009

I took this picture of Dhanaji Dongre, the farmer we visited during our Nokia Life Tools immersions, on my test N97 (which has a pretty cool camera but a lousy touch-screen esp. when compared to the iPhone). He is taking a picture of the crew on his own little camera phone, who in turn, [...]

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“The Internet for the Next Million” – Mobile Innovations in Rural India

August 31, 2009

It’s how Natesh, Head of Nokia Life Tools India describes the program – I like the realism when he uses ‘million’ and not ‘millions’ or ‘billion’! Alan Reiter, who was with us during our rural immersions has a great article on Life Tools – here’s an excerpt:
Farmers view Dhanaji Dongre’s crops in Khandali, India, and [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-08-31

August 31, 2009

@aparnaray hey hadn’t seen that earlier. thanks for the link! in reply to aparnaray #
wish I was at #epic2009. the twitter stream is filling out well! ++ Jump Associates for asking researchers to be guides & not gurus!! #
.@BewdaBawa there’s just one section exclusively for Parsis. Rest for all Zoroastrians #
calling all Zoroastrians [...]

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“Raju, go and get some bakery” – Mobile Innovations

August 30, 2009

Umesh Markat, a 9th grade school boy, shyly rattles off this line, quietly proud that he can actually string together a sentence in English! Another example of a sentence in English he shared with us – “Raja Ravi Verma is the best Indian artist”. In the picture below, taken by fellow-blogger Alan Reiter, Umesh [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-08-30

August 30, 2009

.@rsukumar & .@rjauhari thanks – i enjoyed writing it up and having the opportunity to meet this kid. he was really interesting! in reply to rjauhari #
Here it is. Sorry. .@rayyans http://twitpic.com/ftug9 in reply to rayyans #
View from the terrace. Malhar 2009 at St. Xaviers. #
sunday! off to Xavier’s soon to judge “It’s a [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-08-28

August 28, 2009

.@girishmallya .@vijaysankaran http://twitpic.com/fjz2t in reply to girishmallya #
.@vijaysankaran just as I was about to post a pic!!! Then I worked thru the last 2 weekends in reply to vijaysankaran #
hehehe!!! http://is.gd/2DEZc nice find, .@euan! #
welcome to twitter .@psavigny … and to the world of blogging! looking forward to your updates from [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-08-27

August 27, 2009

.@corralboca hi rebecca! #.@ fixes the #fixreplies problem!!! check these links out: http://is.gd/2ALlR & http://is.gd/2ALh7 in reply to corralboca #
@rsukumar to fix the #fixreplies problem!!! http://is.gd/2ALlR & http://is.gd/2ALh7 in reply to rsukumar #
RT [ed] @stuarthenshall: add back social intimacy into twitter. Add a “.” (dot) before all @replies. Spread the word #.@ [...]

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My Twitter Updates 2009-08-26

August 26, 2009

@thej not for Mac users! “Nokia Music does not currently support the Mozilla Firefox (Mac OS X) browser on your operating system” in reply to thej #

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My Twitter Updates 2009-08-24

August 24, 2009

@aparnaray lol remember Tracey??? it’s her – she’s laughing at your message in reply to aparnaray #
unbelievable! a friend is here from Australia. Quantas has lost her bag. this is day 2. must be a dina jinx!!! #

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My Twitter Updates 2009-08-21

August 21, 2009

social media user, observer, researcher, connector, analyst, yes. but no ‘expert’! thanks anyway @gautamghosh & hi @abhishekrungta in reply to GautamGhosh #
@suddentwilight sure! thanks so much for keeping the deadline . really appreciated! in reply to suddentwilight #

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My Twitter Updates 2009-08-19

August 19, 2009

@arzan @mahafreed saal mubarak to you and yours too! @ajitonline thanks for the wishes! in reply to arzan #
Malhar at St. Xavier’s this yr has a blogging competition. been invited to be a judge. how can i refuse a trip back to my alma mater!!! #
@shefaly @adityamishra! 2 calenders. many sects. Spring- Jamshedi Navroze worldwide [...]

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